The purpose of the church is to glorify God. The church shall seek to attain this end through the public worship of God, expository preaching of the Scriptures, consistent Christian living of its members and biblical Christian education. With personal evangelism and missionary endeavors, the church is never finished in spreading the word of God.
We accept the Scriptures as our only authority in matters of faith and practice and our interpretation of the Bible doctrine leads us to believe:
As long as serving God fit into Jonah’s goals for
Israel, he was fine with God. As soon as he had to
choose between the true God and the god he
actually worshiped, he turned on the true God in
anger. Jonah’s particular national identity was more
foundational to his self- worth than his role as a
servant of the God of all nations. The real God had
been just a means to an end. He was using the God
to serve his real god.
— Tim Keller